Grade: Fourth

Month: December


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Theme/Content Skills

  • Change
  • Culture
  • Physical Settings
  • Goverment
  • Economic Systems
  1. Colonial and Revolutionary Periods
  • Dutch, English, and French influences in New York State
  • Lifestyles in the colonies - comparisons during different time periods
  • Different types of daily activies including social/cultural, political, economic, scientific/technological, or religious
  • Ways that colonists depended on and modified their physical environments
  • Cultural similarities and differences, including folklore, ideas, and other cultural contributions that helped shape our community, local region, and State
  • Colonial Governments
  • Ways of making a living in our local region and State
  • Causes for revolution: social, political, economic
  • Important accomplishments of individuals and groups living in our community and region




Key Terms

  • Colony
  • Revolution






Holidays

  • Hannukah
  • Christmas
  • Kwanzaa




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